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For the second time, Raw Vegan Radio has won for Best Raw Radio show in the 2014 Best of Raw Awards. We want to thank you for your continued support of Raw Vegan Radio. We will continue to publish radio shows, although they are now branded as “VegWorld Radio.

You can expect the same great content, but we are now reaching a much larger global audience with a nationwide 10 city terrestrial radio launch this year. In other words, we have so much more to come.

Juice fasting can do wonders for your body from cleansing and detoxing, to helping you lose weight and feel more energetic. Fueling your body with fresh, healthy juice also improves your skin, your hair, and even your mood. VegWorld Magazine is partnering with Juice Guru to present a brand-new weekly juice fasting program, “Juice Times Tuesdays.”

“The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Juice Fasting” was just released to an audience hungry to learn from the experts why juice fasting is considered by many to be the Fountain of Youth. The first of its kind, the book is a step-by-step guide on how to lose weight fast and keep it off; cure and recover from disease; and look years younger in the process. Written by

Earning an average of 100 downloads a day, VegWorld Magazine hit number one in “What’s Hot” in Health, Mind & Body this month with the release of its third issue. The vegan magazine also clinched the number six spot in top grossing health-related magazines on the iPad. VegWorld Magazine’s decision to broaden its availability beyond the iPad to include iPhone, Android, PC, Mac, and iPod is intended to reach its growing list of avid readers.

“We knew the world was hungry for cutting-edge information on vegetarian living — we just didn’t anticipate how hungry,” explains Steve Prussack, Editor-In-Chief and founder of the magazine. “Now everyone who wants to dive into this lifestyle can do it in style. And that’s exactly what we intended.”

In fact, with more high-profile celebrities climbing on board, the vegetarian lifestyle is the hottest trend right now. So is VegWorld Magazine, according to its reader’s reviews. “The future of Vegan is here,” proclaims one 5-star reviewer. Another is “blown away by this magazine” which offers “everything [she] needed.” The magazine has garnered a stream of 5-star reviews since its inception by readers similarly “blown away” by its features and cutting-edge delivery.

Which organic brands really believe in organic—and which are working behind the scenes to betray natural health consumers? It’s time for a boycott. Action Alert!

Many natural and organic brands are actually owned by huge conglomerates that don’t support sustainable, organic, non-GMO, non-toxic agriculture. In fact, their product labels are often designed to mislead consumers just so they can grab a share of the lucrative health-conscious consumer market.

Even worse, many of the conglomerate companies that produce so-called natural foods—and even some labeled “organic”—are allied with the biotech industry fighting by any means to defeat “Label GMO,” a.k.a. Prop 37, the California Right to Know 2012 Ballot Initiative. Why are they doing such a thing? Because they sell more food that has GMO ingredients than organic food, and don’t want consumers to have a choice about the GMO. They especially don’t want consumers to know what is actually in their so-called “natural” products.

Keep in mind that the term “natural” has no legal or regulatory meaning at all: FDA has never created a definition for it and claims that “it is difficult to define a food product that is ‘natural’ because the food

Our post today features a special song from YouTube sensation Jonathan “Song-A-Day” Mann. Jonathan has been writing a song each day since January 1, 2009.

His videos have been featured everywhere from Boing Boing to the Huffington Post to Tech Crunch, as well as national television, such as a live performance on “The Rachel Maddow Show.”

Steve Jobs even opened his “Antennagate” iPhone4 press conference with a video and song created by Mann.

Many of Jonathan’s videos on other subjects have reached over one million views, but Jonathan works hard to spread his passion for the vegan lifestyle.

Along with his girlfriend, he has put together an incredibly quirky video about the myths associated with being a vegan and the alternatives to meat and dairy products, to the tune of 74,000 views so far.

With your help, we’d love for the message to reach an even wider audience and continue growing the movement. Please share this one with your friends and family, we loved it!

The Spirituality of Cleansing

by Steve Prussack
Host of Raw Vegan Radio

I can’t believe I am on day 8 of my organic raw juice fast. There has been an abundance of letting go, which has manifested itself in every area of my life. I needed to be away from the computer for the last few days to reconnect with myself, the earth, the universe, and the source of all life. It doesn’t matter what you call the supreme being- Elohim, Adonai, Bhagwaan, Yahweh, Lord, Father in Heaven, Allah, Bavenda,- Each religion and culture has a name for our source- there is nothing like cleansing the body to get closer to this magnificence. I feel that has happened, and want to focus on that for today’s blog post.

Many people begin a juice fast with various expectations, but a big one is because they want to lose some weight. I have to admit, that was one of my deciding factors this time. We sometimes forget what this clearing will do for our consciousness, and our connection to everything around us. Once we let go of years of accumulated waste, we create an opening. This opening gives us a glimpse of our life. Our habits, routines, shadow side, emotions- with great clarity. It is

The Magic of Enemas and Colonics

By Steve Prussack
Host of Raw Vegan Radio

Tonight’s blog is going to focus on the magic and glory of the enema/ colonic. My third day of juice fasting met with discomfort for much of the day. I woke up feeling fine as far as cold symptoms go, but a low-grade headache continued into the day. It got progressively worse, to the point where I just couldn’t work anymore. I decided it was time to do an enema.

There are misconceptions and weird opinions with regard to enemas and colonics. I realize this is not an easy topic, and many people just don’t want to talk about it. We live in a society where we announce we are going to use the bathroom but never discuss what actually goes on when we are in there. Don’t worry, I’m not going to provide pictures or grotesque descriptions. But I think this is a topic worthy of discussion, because it is the very thing that alleviated my intense headache. Quite frankly, enemas are magic. The enema worked much faster and efficiently then taking an Advil or Motrin. There is no doubt that enemas (and colonics) could heal what ails you. Not only that, they are essential when doing a cleanse.

I would like to say today was easy, and that I am filled with boundless energy. That wouldn’t be true. In fact, my energy is so low, I really don’t feel like blogging tonight. I am going to focus on physical detox tonight, because that is what I am going through right now. I am sure we will cover emotional and spiritual detox at some point over the next few days, but this is where I am right now.

I woke up this morning with cold-like symptoms. My throat was scratchy and itchy, and my nose was running. These symptoms continued throughout much of the day. Soon, I was burdened with a headache that is lingering even at this moment. It’s times like these that we start to ask ourselves, do I want to go through this uncomfortable feeling? Everyone else is sitting down to a nice meal tonight, and I’m just drinking juice. It is easy to start to feeling sorry for ourselves during times like these. I found the best solution was to rest as much as I could. I had some work deadlines today, so I had to wait until I had the energy to work.

Welcome to the first day of my 14-day Juice Fast. There are many people juice fasting right now, and I am glad to have your support. If this is your first day, congratulations on taking this step! Your body thanks you, and so do I. When we join together in support, it makes this process so much easier. Thank you SO MUCH to “THE JUICE MAIDS“, who are sponsoring this cleanse during an extremely busy time in my life. There have been so many comments on my last blog, and its exciting to have you along with me on this journey. I want to touch on some of the questions that came up recently about having will power to deal with cravings on your juice fast.

What is it that led you to start a juice fast? Did you look in the mirror and notice you have added some extra weight in the past few months? Are your clothes fitting a little tighter? Have you found you are not making the best food choices lately? Whatever it was, you got to a point where you decided you wanted to do something about it. That’s how it was for me. I decided I want to complete quarterly juice fasts, and I am at the 3 month mark now.